What an absolutely glorious day.  Again, it was drizzly and cool in the morning, so we got going slowly.  Some of us chose to get dressed and some chose to stay in their jammies.  Ah, the beauties of homeschooling.....sleeping late and doing school in your jammies!   

The boys soccer was cancelled this morning, due to the rain,  so, we decided to have a late breakfast and make some granola.  It is one of our absolute favorite breakfasts.  We love to eat it with cold raw milk, shredded coconut and frozen wild blueberries.  Yum. 

After breakfast, we had some school to finish up for the week.  Also, the boys all had a turn doing Quarter Mile Math for some fact practice.  It is the simplest little game but so effective and the boys love it! 

After that, TheBean and HisCross finished setting up for an illusion show they have been planning to put on. They have been working long and hard to prepare for it.  They had signs hanging around the basement, a donations box, a program, stage signs etc.  It was MAGNIFICENT!!!  Our neighbor and friend came over to see the show amd play for a while.  They had so much fun and were quite good at doing the illusions.  There are a several I couldn't figure out. how they did what it.  Pretty fun.!

The Bean doing one of his illusions

 HisCross doing one of his illusions

AtTheCross catching the whole show on video

After the show, we headed out on a beautiful, fall day walk.  There was a local parade scheduled for this afternoon and, since the rain had stopped, we figured the parade was on  So, our friends (also homeschoolers) joined us and we all walked over for the parade.  It was an awesome walk.   The colors  were really starting to turn colors, the leaves were falling, the air had warmed up a little, the sun was trying to peak out from behind the clouds, and the children were laughing, jumping and running,  It was such a blessed, treasure time. 

The whole group on our walk to the parade

My three are the ones with dark hair. 

The boys running down the final hill to our destination

When we finally reached our destination, there was  a soccer field so the children were able to run around and burn off some of their energy on this fine fall day. 

 Then, at last, we settled in for the parade---with bags for collecting candy close at hand. 

The boys ready for the parade (I let them do a silly shot first) 

Left-Right:  TheBean, HisCross, friend, AtTheCross

They all got tons of candy -- about half a bag.  I let them nibble on several pieces then, we started our hike home.  Our friends came over for dinner and it was lovely.  It is such a blessing to have good friends! 

After supper, AtTheCross and his friend had to head off to swimming.  Tonight, they had a special fun night with games and races instead of normal practice. And, guess what they got at the end?  More candy.  Yikes, I think they are set for the next year.